About this role
Passionate about making a difference for young people? Join Ellis Guilford as an Attendance Improvement Officer and play a vital role in supporting our students to attend, engage, and succeed. Working at the heart of our school, you’ll build strong relationships with students, families, and staff, helping to overcome barriers to attendance and promote positive outcomes across the whole school community. This is a rewarding opportunity to have a real impact where it matters most.
Visits to the school before interview are strongly encouraged.
Job Title: Attendance Improvement Officer
Location: Nottingham
Salary: Actual salary £25,859 to £28,991 per year (NJC Grade E 12-19)
Start Date: As soon as possible
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time, 37 hours a week, 41 weeks a year
About you:
You are a confident, organised and proactive professional with strong IT and data‑handling skills, including experience using school systems such as Arbor to produce accurate reports and monitor attendance.
You have a clear understanding of safeguarding, confidentiality and data protection, and can communicate effectively with students, parents, school staff and external professionals.
Calm under pressure and solution‑focused, you are able to work independently, resolve conflict, overcome communication barriers and support students facing challenges that affect attendance.
You bring empathy, resilience and initiative to your work and are committed to improving attendance and outcomes for all students.